UPDATE: Japanese town has 9,500 missing after twin disasters www.cbc.ca

The death toll in northeast Japan after a powerful earthquake and tsunami could rise dramatically, with news that about 9,500 people are unaccounted for in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture.

by John Bowman3/12/2011 3:07:27 PM

A large number of cars are seen on March 12 after being swept away by a tsunami a day earlier in Sendai. (Kyodo/Reuters)

by John Bowman3/12/2011 3:11:19 PM

VIDEO: Canadians search for missing family

An Ontario couple search for their son, his wife and their two children after Japan quake.